Parachutists jump over Dutch heath to mark WWII operation

Spectators watch a parade of historic WWII military vehicles prior to a mass parachute drop at Ginkel Heath, eastern Netherlands, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, as part of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ultimately unsuccessful airborne and land offensive that Allied leaders hoped would bring a swift end to World War II by capturing key Dutch bridges and opening a path to Berlin.

Operation Market Garden was British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s ill-fated plan to drop some 35,000 paratroopers deep behind enemy lines in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands to capture and secure key roads and bridges, so that Allied forces massed in Belgium could pour into Germany’s industrial heartland and bring World War II to an end.

The British 1st Airborne Division led the huge airborne assault in September 1944 that also involved the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division and 82nd Airborne Division, along with Poland’s 1st Independent Parachute Brigade.

A bridge too far

SheriffMina

I wonder if Montgomery launched Market Garden to somehow redeem himself for the difficulties he had in taking Caen.

Poorly planned and executed by Montgomery.

“a bridge too far” failed too

I can't read this without a twinge of sadness. So many of these original parachutists were a betrayal by people of the highest levels... HistoryMatters.

Well Monty hoped. Eisenhower knew it was a huge f**k up from the start but had to placate the Brits.

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